INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION SYMPOSIUM “FIDEL & THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS” 8 February 2023 | 18:00pm (Greek time) INVITATION The International Workers’ Institute (IWI) and the CTC invite you to the international trade union symposium in commemoration of the 84 years of life and action of the heroic CTC. Dear friends,...
On January 19, the 4th IWI Webinar was successfully held, with the participation of 54 trade unionists from all continents. The main topic of the seminar was : “Conclusions from the corruption cases of yellow trade union leaders in the European Union”. Below you can see the following materials of the Seminar:...
A few weeks after QATARGATE revelations about the former General Secretary of the ETUC, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) together with its branch organisation Industriall have again confirmed that they lobbyists of the industrialists and not workers', trade union organisations. As they announced with many smiles, the new General...
THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 2023 16.00 GREECE TIME The International Workers’ Institute (IWI) will host a very timely and important speech by the Italian comrade Pierpaolo Leonardi, a member of the WFTU PC, a cadre of the USB Italy, under the topic: “Conclusions from the corruption cases of yellow trade...
No to price increases in medicines Fight now for free medicines for the people The governments’ criminal policies in public healthcare have deadly results with the huge shortages of medicines at a time when infections are on the rise. After the thousands of deaths from the pandemic that continue to...
Seminar key note speech The historical treacherous role of social democracy against the revolutionary struggle of workers The topic of our discussion today, as we all understand, is not interesting only or mainly from a historical point of view -as the title suggests- but concerns first of all...
FINANCIAL SUPPORT We appeal to everyone to help this effort that started without any resources. Anyone who wants, can send from five [5] dollars to as much as he/she can to the bank account of the International Workers’ Institute (IWI) at the National Bank of Greece. Account number /...
3rd Webinar of the Trade Union Education Cycle of the IWI “The historical treacherous role of social democracy against the revolutionary struggle of workers” Thursday, December 22, 2022 17:00 Greek time The main speaker is Kostas Borbotis, a Greek Political scientist and Research associate of PAME-Greece. Register for...
IWI PRESS RELEASE The second IWI seminar on "The NATO-Russia War and the Food Crisis" with c. Vincent Kapenga Kandolo, WFTU Secretariat member, as its keynote speaker, has been successfully concluded. More than 57 cadres, unionists, specialists, scientists etc. from more than 27 countries participated in the seminar. The third...
2nd Webinar of the Trade Union Education Cycle of the IWI "The NATO-Russia War and the Food Crisis" Monday, November 28, 2022 17:00 Greek time The main speaker is the African trade unionist Vincent Kapenga, member of the WFTU Secretariat from the DR Congo. The imperialists and...
IWI PRESS RELEASE The first IWI seminar on “The role of NGOs and the stance of militant unions” with c. Valentin Pacho as its keynote speaker, has been successfully concluded. More than 45 cadres, unionists, specialists, scientists etc. participated in the seminar. The following colleagues took the floor...
Today we publish the three parts of the interview with George Mavrikos, former general secretary of the WFTU, conducted by Luis Miguel Busto Mauleón and published in the electronic magazine "Rebelión". English translation by Maria Barouti. George Mavrikos was born on the Greek island of Skyros 72 years ago. Since...
First seminar of the Trade Union Education cycle: "The role of NGOs and the stance of the militant unions" | Keynote Speaker: Valentin Pacho The first cycle of Trade Union Education online seminars for the militants of the international trade union movement begins with a lecture by Valentin Pacho...
The Struggles of the Railroad Workers of France between 2014 and 2020 France is, together with Portugal and Belgium, one of the last countries in the European Union where the historical railway company is still 100% public and where the network has almost totally remained under the public monopoly regime....
The e-Seminars of the International Workers’ Institute (IWI) are about to start We are pleased to announce that the union training virtual seminars will start in October 2022. The program, dates, procedures and declarations of participation will be announced in due course. The Trade Union Committee, which has trade...
Meet the ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook’s content policy* By Alan MacLeod (Posted Jul 14, 2022) Originally published: MintPress News on July 12, 2022 (more by MintPress News) | It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies...
PAME stands with Roofers Local 36 of Los Angeles, USA and Cliff Smith PAME publishes a letter of solidarity that sent to the Union Roofers Local 36 of Los Angeles, USA and to trade unionist Cliff Smith against the attacks and blackmails they are suffering from the US...
PERU AND ITS TRADE UNIONS IN HISTORY *By Valentín Pacho: Former General Secretary of the CGTP Peru, former Deputy General Secretary and Vice-President of the WFTU. Historical background The emergence of trade unions in Peru dates back to the late nineteenth century, promoted mainly by anarchists, had its heyday until...
Our Power is in Organization Hope lies in our Struggles Our weapon is Solidarity PAME National Congress June 18-19, 2022 PIRAEUS, Stadium “Aristidis Papamichael” Drapetsona The National Federations, the Regional Trade Union Centers, the dozens of unions of the private and public sector, the struggle committees, the hundreds of...
TRADE UNION SITUATION IN INDIA - by H. MAHADEVAN* Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral All India Federations and Associations called upon the working people to heighten the ongoing united struggles to the level of resistance against the desperate pursuit of anti-worker, anti-farmer, ani-people, pro-corporate and anti-national destructive...
From May 6 to 8, 2022, the 18th World Trade Union Congress was held in Italy, in the Italian capital, Rome. Representing 93 countries, more than 99 delegates took the floor during the Congress. Here are some speeches that address interesting issues about the international trade union movement. Kandikuppa Hemalata,...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin launched an unprecedented attack on the United States, claiming that Washington is not only "the biggest saboteur of international and regional peace and stability, but also... the "devil." . “The United States is using so-called democratic sensibilities to completely destroy sovereign countries. They should...
Behind the curtain - Euro-Atlantic propaganda about the war in Ukraine A revealing article from the newspaper "Rizospastis" “Russia may be winning the shooting war. But Ukraine is winning the information war. That is the key to getting allies’ support and sympathy.” The above words belong to Sean McFate,...
Nazism - Ukraine’s Deadly Disease* Note: Today we share an interesting article from Russia, regarding Nazism in Ukraine. Even though we don't agree with every point of its analysis, we think it's useful for the understanding of recent developments in Ukraine. Today, as the military operation in Ukraine...
A revealing research for Ukraine: The role of neo-Nazis and the West in the 2014 uprising The screening of the documentary-research in France provoked a storm of reactions from the official authorities of Kiev. Its title is "The Masks of Revolution" and it was shot in 2016, two years...
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, China has committed to making its COVID-19 vaccines a global public good. On multiple occasions, high-level Chinese officials have declared that China is fulfilling this pledge by exporting and donating its COVID-19 vaccines to as many countries that it can. This has generated a...
The revolutionary movement at national, regional and international level has produced great fighters whose lives and actions have become bright and everlasting examples for the future generations. Each country has its own heroes, martyrs and popular leaders that each people distinguish and turn into symbols of their struggle for social...
Two days ago, it was announced the strategic agreement of military cooperation of the US, Australia and Britain, aiming a clear target: first China and then Russia. The policy of the US and its allies revives the international geostrategic image in conditions of cold war. It also proves, once again, the...
The "news" is that Republicans do not want racism lessons in American education, as is often read in the American press and scholarly articles. More specifically, Republican governors and other officials have engaged in a series of bans and restrictions on educational programs based on Critical Race Theory, treating racism...
Note: In order to seek the historical truth we need all points of view. We do this by publishing authentic texts by Mao Tse-tung, a great leader who influenced world history. The texts are authentic without any interpretations or footnotes. It is about documents of great importance and meaning....
The World Health Organization announced on 7 May that it has approved the vaccine against Covid-19 from China's state-owned pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm, for emergency use. The vaccine, one of the main Chinese vaccines already given to hundreds of millions of people in China and beyond, becomes the first Covid-19 vaccine developed...
14th National Congress of NUM Johannesburg: 23rd to 26th May, 2012 *Speech by Swadesh DEV ROYE (India) Deputy General Secretary, WFTU & President TUI (Energy) Comrades in the Presidium, Distinguish Dignitaries, Dear Delegates and Fraternal Representatives from the Country and Abroad, On behalf of the World Federation...
12th Triennial Conference of CITU January 17-21, 2007 - Bangalore India Speech of W.F.T.U. General Secretary George Mavrikos Dear friends and comrades, It is a pleasure and an honour for the World Federation of Trade Unions to participate to the 12th Triennial conference of CITU and we cordially...
(Main picture George Grosz, The first german president Ebert, (Le premier président allemand Ebert), c.1923, Chinese ink on paper [encre de Chine sur papier], 65,2 x 52,2 cm, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.) The outbreak of the capitalist crisis in 2008 and the Capital’s weakness to easily find new ways...
Many books, many papers, countless articles have been and are being written on worldwide level on the issue of the “classes”. During the last centuries, the ideological conflict on the issue of class structure of capitalist society is intense and lasting. It is constantly being heightened. So, as fighters...
Message to the Tricontinental Ernesto Che Guevara "Now is the time of the furnaces, and only light should be seen." Jose Marti Twenty-one years have already elapsed since the end of the last world conflagration; numerous publications, in every possible language, celebrate this event, symbolized by the defeat of Japan....
The entire planet is deeply immersed in the coronavirus pandemic. To this day, there are 921,002 infected and 46,153 dead, according to official data. The situation is tragic on all continents. Thousands of families mourn their dead, hundreds of thousands suffer from the disease and millions of people live with...
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APOYO FINANCIERO AL IOI Hacemos un llamado a todos para ayudar en este esfuerzo que comenzó sin ningún recurso. Cualquiera que quiera, puede enviar desde cinco [5] dólares hasta tanto como pueda a la cuenta bancaria del Instituto Obrero Internacional (IOI) en el Banco Nacional de Grecia. Número de...
AIDE FINANCIÈRE À L’IOI Nous appelons tout le monde à aider cet effort qui a commencé sans aucune ressource. Quiconque le souhaite peut envoyer de cinq [5] dollars à autant qu'il le peut sur le compte bancaire de l'Institut Ouvrier International (IOI) à la Banque nationale de Grèce. Numéro...